This week, a group of Venezuelan migrants spiraled out of control after gunfire rang out in the parking lot of a suburban Colorado town.
In another sign of unrest within the Venezuelan community living in the US, the chaos created by migrants living in Aurora, Colorado has come to the surface. TikTok video.
“Those Venezuelans are taking over,” a man says in an online video posted to TikTok by user 100packsavvy.
Footage from July 29 shows chaos in a Target parking lot in Aurora, where Venezuelans gathered for a weekend protest against their home country’s elections.
While it was mostly peaceful, the South Americans swarmed over the shopping center and took it over completely, with cars full of sardines, bumper to bumper.
A vandalized parking lot was left after the gathering of Venezuelan migrants in July
This forced Target and other area retailers to close early, out of fear that their customers would get caught up in the protests, Telemundo Denver reported.
As night fell, the trashed parking lot filled with trash went from disgusting to dangerous.
Police responded to several incidents, including gunfire, the Spanish-language outlet reported.
The TikTok users who made the video claimed that he and his companions were almost run over.
“We almost got hit,” one man says.
The incident is the latest video from the Venezuelan community in Aurora, which has come under fire.
Shocking new footage shows the moment an armed Venezuelan gang takes control of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado
Then other members of the gang run up the stairs, guns in hand. In the background, the men can be heard talking to each other in Spanish
Just hours ago, security cameras showed suspected gang members allegedly taking over an apartment complex in the city.
Video that surfaced on Wednesday shows armed men storming through the building.
A man in a hoodie carries a high-powered rifle and bangs on a door in the building, while several others wield pistols.
The couple who filmed the footage told local station Fox 31 that it was filmed shortly before a shooting at the complex left one person seriously injured. Several vehicles were also damaged in the gunfight.
“A GANG HAS TAKEN OVER SEVERAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN AURURI!” wrote local councillor Danielle Jurinsky on Twitter.
Local police were unable to link the criminals to the infamous Tren de Aragua (known as TDA), but Councilman Jurinksy told Fox 31 the building was robbed by a Venezuelan gang.
Venezuela’s most violent gang, Tren de Aragua, has moved its headquarters just across the US border in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez
Tattoos from the Tren de Aragua gang (pictured above) were part of a Department of Homeland Security bulletin recently shared with federal agents
“These are not just Americans. Other Venezuelans are being extorted by this gang,” Jurinsky said.
The footage comes as the migrant crisis under the Biden administration has moved from the U.S.-Mexico border to American cities.
The Venezuelan mafia has gained a foothold across the country, including in New York, Colorado and Texas.
Dallas police exclusively confirmed the gang’s presence in North Texas to DailyMail.com
In the Denver area, police officers from across the region have formed a task force to investigate criminal organization in the Rookies.
As DailyMail.com exclusively reported, TDA has set up a new headquarters on the US border in Juarez, Mexico.
The city is located directly across from El Paso, Texas.
Officials in Texas’ sixth-largest city are working on a confidential plan to combat the gang threat.
Last month, the U.S. government designated Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization and announced a $5 million reward for the capture of its leader, Hector “El Nino” Guerrero Flores
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Cindy and Edward Romero left their apartment on Wednesday due to safety concerns.
“It’s been a nightmare and I can’t wait to get out of here,” Cindy Romero told Fox as she packed her things.
In their apartment, the Romeros had a complicated system of locks that ran from top to bottom through the door.
“Every day when we come home, we have to do this when we go outside to take out the trash,” Cindy Romero said, as she demonstrated how the locks worked.
“Every time we go to bed at night. We have to keep it that way so no one can kick the door in,” she added.